Hybrid process combining solvent extraction / low pressure loss extraction chromatography for a reasonable MA(III) recovery process

Sano, Yuichi   ; Sakamoto, Atsushi  ; Miyazaki, Yasunori  ; Watanabe, So  ; Morita, Keisuke ; Emori, Tatsuya; Ban, Yasutoshi  ; Arai, Tsuyoshi*; Nakatani, Kiyoharu*; Matsuura, Haruaki*; Kunii, Shigeru*

We developed a hybrid MA(III) recovery process combining MA(III)+Ln(III) co-recovery flowsheet by solvent extraction with TBP and MA(III)/Ln(III) separation flowsheet by simulated moving bed chromatography using HONTA impregnated adsorbents with large particle size porous silica support.